[alisonatwork]

This is only superficially true.

In China the CPC exercises strict control over what topics are allowed to trend on social media, so what appears to be "mob justice" is actually a carefully curated event. The state media chose to report on this rather than ignore it. The Cyberspace Administration chose to allow this outrage to gain momentum while topics that do not toe the party line are squashed.

You cannot really compare the kind of social media "mob justice" people speak of in the west to how things are managed on the Chinese internet.

[Jommi]

This is not completely true, depending on what you mean by "trending on social media". I have witness multiple anti-government trending topics on social media in China as well.

[chadcmulligan]

likewise any criticism of Chinese policy that occurs on the internet is no doubt being monitored and influenced by an army of Chinese intelligence operatives

[chadcmulligan]

It seems they're downvoting my criticisms :-D